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Wyld Theory: Age of Ultron

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Welcome to Wyld Theory, where I will make crazy, wYld predictions about current/upcoming stories and movies. Today’s post is about Marvel’s currently running “Age of Ultron.” Here is the solicit for the final issue, due out tomorrow. “To save the Marvel Universe, Earth’s Mightiest made the most controversial decision of their lives resulting a disaster unlike any they’ve seen before,” reads Marvel’s release. “But with one final shot to make things right, can they turn back the hands of time… Read More »

SUPERMAN & THE NEW 52 REVEAL ALTERNATE HISTORY TO WORLD WAR 2!

Tuesday, at 12:08 by
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Yesterday, DC Comics released the first few pages of their new Superman comic book, Superman Unchained, written by current DC wonderkind Scott Snyder with pencils from the legendary Jim Lee. The book opens with on a frightened Japanese town, reeling from a recent, horrific attack on a nearby city. A young boy named Ichuru goes outside to escape his parents’ discussion on the attack, only to look up in the sky and find out that his town is going to… Read More »

Wednesday Reviews – June 5

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Wednesday Reviews – Week of June 5   Daredevil: End of Days #8 Written by Brian Michael Bendis & David Mack Art by Klaus Janson and Mack Published by Marvel This is the end of Daredevil, the final will and testament to the mysterious Matt Murdock. Brian Michael Bendis has mastered the art of gritty sentimentality and that is on full display of the final issue of this mini-series. Really, these past 8 issues have been the epilogue to the… Read More »

Wednesday Reviews – May 29

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Wednesday Reviews – Week of May 29   Earth 2 Annual #2 Written by James Robinson Art by Cafu & Julius Gopez Published by DC When it was first announced over 2 years ago, one of the first things fans got up in arms about concerning DC’s New 52 was “Where is the Justice Society?” The Justice Society, both in comics and in real life, are the precursors to the more prolific Justice League, a team of heroes that originally… Read More »

Into the Deep End: X-Factor

Thursday, at 2:59 by

And now, debuting today, it’s “Jump Into the Deep End.” What these posts are going to be about are just me jumping back into series that I used to read regularly, but ended up dropping along the way for a variety of reasons. These will be much more condensed posts, mainly discussing the the differing contexts of when I last read the book, why I stopped reading, and if this single, out of context issue is enough to bring me… Read More »

Wednesday Reviews – May 22

Wednesday, at 12:55 by

Here is the inaugural Wednesday Reviews (Still looking for a better title for it). Let’s jump into it. Green Lantern #20  Written by Geoff Johns Art by Doug Mahnke, Patrick Gleason, Cully Hamner, Aaron Kuder, Jerry Ordway, Ivan Reis, Oclair Albert, Joe Prado, Ethan Van Sciver, Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Marc Deering, Mark Irwin, Wade von Grawbadger, Tom Nguyen, Alex Sinclair and Tony Avina Published by DC Comics This is it. It’s been touted for months, but now, “GL” writer Geoff Johns… Read More »

This week…

Tuesday, at 3:50 by
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Hello Four Colors readers. This week is going to see the debut of some new features to Four Colors. With the relaunch of this blog, I have thought about what to do to make this blog new and exciting for readers (as well as being new and exciting for me to write). So with the promise of more, shorter posts, I am going to be introducing a few new article focuses, which I explain below: Wednesday Reviews (Cool Title TBD)… Read More »

Secret Agent Men (and Women)

Friday, at 10:00 by
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My friend Ivan asked me yesterday what the big deal was about Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” That is kind of a loaded question for someone as nerdy as myself. As I sit here writing, literally wearing the S.H.I.E.L.D. logo, I can think of two paths to take when it comes to establishing my enthusiasm for this show. The first is the involvement of Joss Whedon. Now, Whedon has been the de-facto geek hero for many, many years (basically since 1997… Read More »

Tonight in Comics…

Thursday, at 1:39 by
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Real quick post! Wanted to share about two events happening in Petaluma and San Francisco TONIGHT! In Petaluma, author Joe Hill (of Locke & Key fame) is going to be at Copperfield Books, discussing his new book, “NOS4R2″ In San Francisco, Four Color Friend Alexis Fajardo will be at the Cartoon Art Museum celebrating the release of his new graphic novel, “Kid Beowulf and the Rise of El Cid,” along with the opening of his exhibit as part of the museum’s… Read More »

An Age of Ultron

Wednesday, at 3:04 by
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 THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS TO MARVEL’S “AGE OF ULTRON” MINI-SERIES, CURRENTLY RUNNING. In 1968 (our time), founding Avenger Hank Pym (aka Ant Man aka Giant Man aka Yellowjacket) created a breath-taking artificial intelligence named Ultron. Instantly rebelling against Pym, Ultron teamed with the Masters of Evil to take down the Avengers, almost succeeding (for the first of many times). Pym’s creation has been haunting him ever since, always promising to raze and control Earth but never succeeding…until now. Half the heroes… Read More »